让我们为所有试图废除保留词的语言(如PL/I)投票。

还有什么地方可以合法地写出这样有趣的表达:

IF IF THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = THEN

(IF, THEN, ELSE是变量名)

or

IF IF THEN THEN ELSE ELSE

(IF为变量，THEN和ELSE为子程序)

Delphi不关心像“word”这样的类型转换，将读取数组arr[0..65535] where pos = 65535: Arr[单词(pos + 10)]

Haskell's use of Maybe and Just. Maybe a is a type constructor that returns a type of Just a, but Maybe Int won't accept just an Int, it requires it to be a Just Int or Nothing. So in essence in haskell parlance Just Int is about as much of an Int as an apple is an orange. The only connection is that Just 5 returns a type of Maybe Interger, which can be constructed with the function Just and an Integer argument. This makes sense but is about as hard to explain as it can theoretically be, which is the purpose of haskell right? So is Just really JustKindaLikeButNotAtAll yea sorta, and is Maybe really a KindaLooksLikeOrIsNothing, yea sorta again.

-- Create a function that returns a Maybe Int, and return a 5, which know is definitly Int'able
>  let x :: Maybe Int; x = 5;
<interactive>:1:24:
    No instance for (Num (Maybe Int))
      arising from the literal `5' at <interactive>:1:24
    Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (Num (Maybe Int))
    In the expression: 5
    In the definition of `x': x = 5

>  Just 5  
Just 5
it :: Maybe Integer

    -- Create a function x which takes an Int
>  let x :: Int -> Int; x _ = 0;
x :: Int -> Int
-- Try to give it a Just Int
>  x $ Just 5                   

<interactive>:1:4:
    Couldn't match expected type `Int' against inferred type `Maybe t'
    In the second argument of `($)', namely `Just 5'
    In the expression: x $ Just 5
    In the definition of `it': it = x $ Just 5

祝你好运读到这篇文章，我希望它是正确的。

在Python中，函数参数的“编译时”(或声明时)计算可能令人困惑:

def append(v, l = []):
    l.append(v)
    return l


print append(1)
print append(2)

>>> [1]
>>> [1,2]

其意图可能是:

def append(v, l = None):
    if l is None:
        l = []
    l.append(v)
    return l

print append(1)
print append(2)

>>> [1]
>>> [2]

这种行为对于缓存之类的事情很有用，但它可能是危险的。

附加特性:具有可变内容的元组:

a = (1,2,[3])
a[2][:] = [4] # OK
a[2] = [2] # crashes

我不敢说XML是一种编程语言，但它不是贴近我们的内心吗?: -)

在我看来，XML中最奇怪的特性是以下是一个格式良好的文档:

<_....>
</_....>

下面是允许连续点的NT-Name的词法定义。

Javascript中有很多东西会让你流泪。

局部变量的作用域，举个简单的例子:

function foo(obj)
{
  for (var n = 0; n < 10; n++)
  {
    var t;        // Here is a 't'
    ...
  }
  t = "okay";     // And here's the same 't'
}